Michigan v. Jackson
| Michigan v. Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Argued December 9, 1985 Decided April 1, 1986 | |
| Full case name | Michigan v. Robert Bernard Jackson; Michigan v. Rudy Bladel |
| Citations | 475 U.S. 625 (more) 106 S. Ct. 1404; 89 L. Ed. 2d 631; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 91 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | People v. Bladel, 106 Mich. App. 397, 308 N.W.2d 230 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981); 118 Mich. App. 498, 325 N.W.2d 421 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982); People v. Jackson, 114 Mich. App. 649, 319 N.W.2d 613 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982); People v. Bladel, 421 Mich. 39, 365 N.W.2d 56 (Mich. 1986) |
| Holding | |
| The Sixth Amendment right to counsel requires that if police initiate an interrogation after a defendant's assertion of his right to counsel at an arraignment or similar proceeding, any waiver of that right for that police-initiated interrogation is invalid. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun |
| Concurrence | Burger (in judgment) |
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Powell, O'Connor |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VI | |
Overruled by | |
| Montejo v. Louisiana, 556 U.S. 778 (2009) | |
Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court regarding the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel in a police interrogation. In a decision written by Justice Stevens, the Court held that once an accused individual has claimed a right to counsel at a plea hearing or other court proceeding, a waiver of that right during later police questioning would be invalid unless the accused individual initiated the communication.
This decision was overruled by the Supreme Court in Montejo v. Louisiana, by a 5–4 vote.